Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 30
Vietnam demands compensation from Monsanto for victims of Agent Orange, California on brink of mandating 100 percent clean energy by 2045, Sanders vs. Amazon intensifies, and more.
Betsy DeVos is gone, but her education agenda is rolling out across the country
Her efforts to privatize public schools are being rolled out in state legislatures across the country.
Newsom’s radioactive hypocrisy on green energy
California Governor Gavin Newsom has been touting himself as the Great Green Environmental Anti-Trump.
But it’s an infuriating radioactive...
Why America needs new infrastructure to survive
Without a bold rebuilding campaign, Americans will continue to risk their well-being and livelihoods as the nation collapses around them.
The Rigging of the American Market
The national debate about widening inequality only focuses on taxing the rich to redistribute their income downward. But what about the upward redistributions hidden inside the market from the rest of the rich?
Democrats unveil ‘Build Green’ infrastructure and Jobs Act
"This bill would make a dramatic, material difference in the everyday lives of hundreds of millions of people."
Democratic bill attempts to undo voter restrictions of past 15 years
Congress is now considering legislation to address many of these problems.
Won’t Leftists Profit from Berniacs’ Desperation?
“We must refuse now to vote for Clinton, before he even gets to ask us. In that gesture of revolutionary desperation lies our only hope of avoiding revolutionary despair.”
Why Don’t US Media Interview Real Allies on American Policy Regarding the Iran Deal?...
We are hearing about the Iran deal from minor congressmen and senators who have not read through it let alone represent anybody. This doesn't seem like balanced journalism, let alone journalism at all.
Why Lindsey Graham is trying to rescue Rahm Emanuel
Now, Graham is an important ally in Emanuel’s campaign for ambassador to Japan.